Cooker.



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COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17,1911.

PatentedDc. 10, 1912.

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on? thatj l, I'IERMAN B. Sunni, a citii enfl o;f h Unit-ed States, residing at Chicago, in -the eountyof Cook and State of .Illinois,.l1a-ye.invented.new and useful 1111- j pro-vements Cookers, of which-the fol l v n s? i e iea ienro'vrde antensil of improved construct on here n; foods ma be cooked or baked-as he 'ase may be, either with or 491. without the use of external heat.

To such' ends invention consist-shin cert-a m ng) aturesofconstruction and arrangement mdescrlption of'whlch will be 1'..- i found; im the-rfollowing spec fication, and

i the essential featuresI-of which-will be more I .particularly:pointed out in the; appended in sierhj s ee.

clearly illustrated in the here-with, in which,

" I Eigure.- 1,,. is a: central, vertical section through a, .co 1j;,and baker embodying my invention", Fig. 2 's' a horizontal section taken. on the of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an underplan view of a fragment of the cover, F1g 4.1s a per spective v ewv of a section of form ofthe device.

an auxiliary rach -Fig. '5' is a .perspective view' of the complete rack, and Fig. 6 is a fragmental, verticalsection of fa modified In ,these, views 10, is a may be filled ,with. some heat insulatlng stance, or .may; receive. some. form -o' hollow base. which subheat producer, .as, for instance an' electric heating,

apparatus, andyas shown, said .base'has top and bottom-j-portions 12, 13, that arejoined.

by an inclined annular wall-'14. The top is preferably formed-With an opening through 'which the. heat producing apparatus may be inserted, andsaid opening is closed by a cover 12. -The. bottom 13 of the base is preferablyturnedup at its outer peripheral edge to form'an upwardly extending flange 15, whereby anannular trough '16, is pro- -vided around-thelpwer-edge of the annular .wallla', v

A cover..- base; and. preferablymests' upon the inclined annular wall '14. Said cover contains a.

chamber 18, in which the food commodities are eontained-. during the process of cooking or baking-.-2.In-fforming-the cover 17, an inner downwardlyu-opening bell 19, is employed. which bell is carried by a second bell 20. that-surrounds'ithe top and sides'of the If; in) nnnMart- .sentryor'cnroaoo; rr.r.inors.i

to cookers, the ob-L 'sulating material.

a ing a rectangular frame. r closure 17, is supported by the were i Pate bell 1-9. suitablemean's here shown as I 7 bolts and nuts 21, may be employed for con nepting the two. The inner bell is .free' to move upon' its support, and is adapted to vided upon the wall of the bell 19, to space the two apart. The lower edge of the bell 20,-fiares outwardly to form a neck 24, that practically fits upon the inclined wall 14, of

the base.

1 The bells '19, '20, and chamber 22,-form a heat insulat-ing'jacket which surrounds the chamber 18, and this particular arrangement maybe found sufiicient to prevent the heatfrom readily escaping from the cham her 18. It. may befound desirable however,

to employ a second heat insulating jacket area n e. 10, 1.912. 5

surrounding the first jacket, and I have shown a third bell 25,spaced away frointhe.

bell .20, and secured thereto at its lower edge, as shown at 26, toform a sealed chamber adapted to rece1ve some form of heat inthroughthe top members of the three bells and space them apart, and a handle 27, is

preferably secured to said bolts as shown in Fig. 1. 1

When the device is used for baking foods, an electrac heater, hot soap-stones or other hot plates, are placed within the chamber 18, and the food is placed over said electric heater, or above or between the soap-stones. In place of the internally applied heat. the heater in the base may be used to heat the chamber, or the closure may be placed over an suitable heat generating device. 4

I have designed a rack for supporting and The bolts 21, extend spacing apart the food and soap-stones. As

shown. the rack is preferably made from strap iron and comprises the main rack 28, and the auxiliary rack 29. The main rack has horizontaltop and bottom bars 30, 31, which are connected by side bars 32. form- Extending at right angles thereto is the other member of the rack'which has top and bottom pieces .33, 34, and an end bar 35. The top bars and the bottom bars of the two members of the rack are preferably riveted or otherwise secured together, so as to make a perfectly rigid structure. It will be noticed that one side'of'this rack is unprovided with any end member whereby the rackis left with an rack with the end pieces 39, rest-mg upon the open side through which the food'or soapstones may be introduced. The rack may bev rigidly secured in place upon the base 'or may be removed. I have shown sockets 36,

that are secured to the base 10, .in which the rack may be placed and said sockets areadapted to position and hold the rack in rate tiers. -Said supplemental'rack,has two cross-bars 37, 38, that are secured together at their points of intersection, and the crossbar 37, has two downwardly extending side members 39, while the cross-bar 38, has an upwardly extending end member'slO. The auxiliary raclr'is placed within the main bottom member 31, ofthe main rack, and the end'member 40, secured between the top bar and a bracket 41, secured to the end member 35, of the main rack. In using the rack as a'whole, soiTp-stones may be placed upon one. or all of the horizontal members of the rack and foods may be set upon the lower and intermediate soap-stones.

I have shown a bail 42, for carrying the device about, and said bail is secured to two upright posts 43. that are secured to the base IO, in an suitable manner. Said posts have a number of shoulders or projections 4st, extending out therefrom that are adapted to support the cover at various height-s, through the instrumentality of loops 45, which are secured to the cover and adapted to be hooked over the shoulders or projectio-ns 44. This provides simple means for supporting the cover at various heights,so

that when the cover is hung upon said shoulders, the food stuffs may be exposed to view and examined by the attendant.

In using the device as a baker, the heat apparatus may be turned on, or the hot soap-stones and the food stuffs may be placed upon the rack and the cover set down upon the base. I have provided perfora tions 16, in the top of the inner bell 19, for the escape; of'steam'which arises from the food stufis that are being baked. Said steam fills thespace between the bells 19, 20, and creates a steam jacket around the food chamber 18. As the steam condenses it runs down the wall of the bell 2'20, down the inclined wall 14:, of the base and. into the trough l6. I

Vhen the device is used for cooking foods the rack may be dispensed with if desired,

and the vessel, which contains the food to be cooked, may be placed directly upon the.

' base 10, and the cover setdown over the same. In this case it may be desirable to close the openings -16, and for this reason I holes 46, in the bell, and by properly turning the plate l7, saidholes may be brought in register with the holes in the bell, thereby allowing the steam to escape; or the plate may be turned to bring the. imperforate parts over the perforations in the top" of the bell.

In the'formfshown in Fig. 6, the'lower edge of each bell 19 20, 25*, has a separate, contact with the inclined wall 14, of the base and the outer bell may be separate from 1 the other two if desired. 'In this case the base is open at the bottom, so that the device may be placed directly upon a stove or other heatproducer. 1 I v The device is particularly advantageous because it can be used with internal or ex- 'ternal heating apparatus, or the heatppa rat-us maybe dispensed with-entirely, and the device used as afireless cooker. -I am 'a\ *are that various alterations and modifications of the'fform and construction of this device are possible without departing from the spirit o f'my invention, and I do not therefore deslre to limit myself to the exactiform of construction and arrange- .ment shown and described. p p

I claim as new and desire to secure'by Let'- ters Patent: w p

1. In a covering for foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening'hocds spaced apart to leave an air space between the hoods, said air space being open at the bottom, and a base for the supportof foods, having a sur face adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood and close the bottom of the air space. 2. In a. covering for .foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart to leave an air space between the hoods, said air spacebeing'open at the bottom, a base for the support of foods, having a surface adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood and close the bottom of .the air space and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison. i 3. In .a covering'for foods in process of cooking, the. combination of a plurality of i inclined upward and inward and adapted to I seat the bottom rim of each hood upon theinclined surface and close the b'ottonrof the airspace and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison.

. 4. In a covering for foods in process of l i of a plurality of nwar.

tiele an; air} space between the hoods, said a r.- space beingopen at the-bottom, and:

' ,wvliereby-the hoods may be lowered in i rdownivardlyppening hoods spaced apart to leznean airspace between the hoods, said 1& 'SPflQQbQing; open at the bottom, means -.wher'eby;the hoods may be lowered in unison and each-hood rest upon its bottom rim and-a base adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood.

:In'a .covering for foods in'process of -copking,t,-the combination of a .plurality of downwardly openinghoods spaced apart to leayean air s p ace between the hoods, said airspace' 'being open at'the bottom, means whereby the hoods may be lowered in uni son with a little vertical play and each hood restupon itsbottom rim, and a base adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood.

7. In a covering for foods in process of cooking, the combination-eta plurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart to .leave an air space between the hoods, saidair space being open at the bottom, means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison with a little verticaliplay'and each hood rest upon itsbottom rim, and a base having a-surface, inclined upward and inward and adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood upon the inclined surface.

8. In a covering for foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart to leave an air space between the hoods, said air space being open at the bottom, means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison with a little vertical play and each hood rest upon its bottom rim, .a base having a surface inclined upward and inward and adapted to seatthe bottom rim of 'each hood upon the inclined surface, and a gutter around the base and exterior to the wall of the outer hood.

9. In a covering for foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart to leave an air space between the hoods, said air space being open at the bottom, the inner hood having perforations in its upper part opening into the air space, a base adaptedto seat the bottom rim of each hood, and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison.

10.' In a covering for-foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spacedapart' to leave an air space between the hoods, said air space being open at the'bottom, the inne'r'hood having perforations in its upper weaning hoods spaced apart.

part bpening intothe air space,- means whereby the perforations maybe closed ad usta-bly, a. base adapted toseat the bottom 1m ofyeachhocd, and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison:

a 11. In 'alcovering for foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spacedapa-rt to leave an airspace between'the hoods,-sa-id air space being open at thecbottom, the inner hood having perforations in its-upperpart opening into theair-space, a base adapted to ,seat the bottom rim of each hood-upon an inclined surface, and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison. v v, 12. In a coverlng for foods in process of cooking, the combination of aplurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart'to i leave an'air space between the hoods, the-inner hood having perforations in its upper part opening into the air space, a base adapted, to seat the bottom rim. of each hood upon an inclined surface, a gutter around the base exterior to the wall of the outer hood, and means whereby the hoods may be. lowered in unison.

13. In a covering for foods in process of cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spacedv apart to leave an air space between the hoods, said a air space being open at the bottom, the inner hood having perforations in its upper part opening into the air space, a base adapt-- ed to seat the bottom rim of each hood and means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison with a little vertical play and each hood rest upon its bottom rim. 14. In a covering for foods in process 0 cooking, the combination of a plurality of downwardly opening hoods spaced apart to 3 leave an air space between the hoods, said air space being open at the bottom, the inner hood having perforations in its upper part opening into the air space, a base adapted to seat the bottom rim of each hood upon an inclined surface, and-means whereby the hoods may be lowered in unison with a little vertical play and each hood rest upon its bottom rim.

15. In 'acovering for foods in process of cooking, a removable downwardly opening, hood forming an air space inclosing the foods, said hood having perforations in itsupper part, a support for the foods and hood extending to the outer wall of the inclosed space, and means at the bottom of the inclosed space for the escape of steam and condensation, exterior to the hood inclosing the foods. 4

16. In a device of the class described. the combination with a base having an inclined annular side wall, of a heat retaining jacket 'resting' upon said inclined wall, and comprising two suitably spaced, downwardly opening bells, the inner bell being provided wit-hperforations and amovable cover-for saadperforationsihaving perforations adapted to. register-with the perforations 1n the bell.

whenever the cover is placed-thereon; I

'18; In a device of the class described, the

combination with a base having an inclined wall, an-open bottomed cover, comprising anouter-bellsupported upon the inclined Wall of the base, and an inner bell carried by theouter bell,- and having a limited amount of play with respect thereto, whereby :its lower edge may seat itself upon the inclined wall of. the base whenever the cover is placed thereon. Y

In audev-ice of the class described, the combination with a base having 'socketssecured thereto, and a heat retaining jacket carried by said base, of .a rack removably seated in said sockets and comprisingupper and lower horizontal intersecting members and end members joining said' horizontal members at three sides, but leaving one-open side through which material may be introduced upon said racks. '20. In a device of the class descrlbed, the

combination with a base and a heat retainmg acket supported thereby, of a. rack adapted to be removably supported by said baseand comprising amain section having upper and lower horizontal members, and an auxiliary sect-ion adapted to' be removably secured to said main section,vtopro vide an intermediate horizontal member therein.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, this 14th day of July 1911.

HERMAN 'BI'SEELY.

Witnesses I FANNIE F. RICHARDS, CHARLES C. Simmer. 

